From Andrew Murray 31 October 1864
Royal Horticultural Society, | South Kensington, W.
Oct 31 1864
My dear Mr Darwin
When I last wrote you, you were but poorly.—1 I hope you are now better—& if so I would like to speak to you about the work of 〈which〉 I enclose a programme.—2 〈It is a〉 subject on which you have 〈 〉 more perhaps than any other 〈 〉 & I should be greatly oblige〈d〉 〈 〉 would point out any thing 〈 〉 specially attended to wh〈ich〉 〈 〉 likely to make the wor〈 〉 〈 〉
At times I get quite downhearted about it, when I recognise my deficiencies—but no person can be free from the same objection—& I think even a mere compilation on those branches of wh. I am ignorant 〈 〉 be useful.—
〈 〉 always noticed that 〈 〉 person must first clear the 〈 〉 with an imperfect work before 〈 〉 〈 〉me to make the work right. 〈 〉 can give me a little encourage〈ment〉 〈 〉 do so— I at times feel 〈 〉 throw my notes in the fire & give it up.— But I shall have time for I am going to leave the Horticultural,3 & I proposed to refresh myself after my long dry business duties here, with a burst of Natural History
I am | My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Andw. Murray
Footnotes
Summary
Proposes to work on geographical distribution before leaving the Society.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4648
- From
- Andrew Dickson (Andrew) Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- R. Hortic. Soc.
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 327
- Physical description
- 3pp damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4648,” accessed on 19 February 2019, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-4648
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12